122 Sphaeriacew, Allantosporae, Valsa. 



tia et vix exceJentia desineiitibus ; perithecii contextu distincte 

 laxe parenchymatico olivaceo-fusco ; ascis clavatis, 60-70^8.10, 

 breve crassiuscule (snepe incurvo) stipitatis, apico crasse tunicatis, 

 aparaphysatis, Ssporis; sporidiis distichis, botulitbrmibus, 10-14:^3, 

 initio pluriguttulatis, dein utrinque guttulatis, hyalinis. — Sper- 

 mogoniis sub epidermide nidulantibus, astoniis, nucleo griseo-oliva- 

 ceo farctis, spermatia in sterigmatibus simpliciter verticillato-ra- 

 mosis, filiformibus acrogena, botuliformia, 6^1, hyalina foventibus. 

 Hab. in ramis corticatis Quercus pedunculatae in sylva 

 Montello (Ital. bor.) Sept. 1875. — Ob ascos apice crassiuscule 

 tunicatos, stipitatos, basidiisque saepe suffultos species ha^c ad Ca- 

 losphceriam vergit. 



42. Valsa subcuticularis C. et E. N. Jers. Fungi in Grevillea VIII. 470 

 p. 13. — Circiuata. Peritheciis globosis, decumbentibus, sub epi- 

 dermidem nidulantibus, ostiolis elongatis tenuibus, convergentibus ; 

 ascis clavatis ; sporidiis allantoideis, hyalinis 6-7 u.. long. 



Hab. in ramis Ilicis, New Jersey, Am. bor. — Peridermiura 

 ab ostiolis leniter iuflatum et punctulatum, sed pustula) parum con- 

 spicua); peridermio secesso, perithecia libro hierent, quasi Ca- 

 losphcBvia. 



43. Valsa pulchelloidea C. et E. New Jersey Fungi in Grevillea VI, 471 

 p. 92. — Peritheciis globosis, decumbentibus, in circulum disposi- 



tis ; ostiolis elongatis convergentibus ; ascis clavatis 25 [k long. spo- 

 ridiis minutis, allantoideis, hyalinis 5-6 y.. long. 



Hab. in cortice Quercus, New Jersey, Amer. bor. — Peri- 

 thecia minuta, copiosa 10-20, collis longis convergentibus, quasi 

 Calosphcerice principis, sed perithecia majora. 



44. Valsa quernea Curr. Linn. Trans. XXII, p. 279, t. 48, fig. 141, 472 



Cooke Handb. n. 2480. — Peritheciis valseis ; ascis clava- 



tis, apice rotundatis, deorsum attenuatis; sporidiis prope asci api- 

 cem stipatis, allantoideis, hyalinis, 5-7 y.. long. 



Hab. in ramis auercinis, Weybridge (Britannia). — u An 

 C alosphcericc species?» 



45. Valsa cornicola Cooke in Grev. VII. 83. — Disco erumpente, or- 473 

 biculari, brunneo; peritheciis minutis, nigris, collis convergentibus ; 

 ostiolis circulum plus v. rainus regularem efformantibus; ascis cla- 

 vatis; sporidiis botuliforraibus, 12 a. long. 



Hab. in rarais Corni, Darenth (Britannia). — Prorsus diver- 

 sa a V. fallaci Nits. 



46. Valsa demissa Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 197. — Stromate basi ovali 474 



